Display container



m 145mg msww A. J. TANNER DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed April 30, 1927 Patented Aug. 14, 1928.

pairs I ARNOLD J. TANNER, OF NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

DISPLAY CON TAINEB.

Application filed April 30, 1927. Serial No. 187,788.-

;16 form any operation whatsoever to place the display member in the required position. With containers in general use, the display member thereof must be unfolded when the containers are set up, and besides the opera- 20 tion of setting up the display member, the construction is such that said member is not held rigidly in an erect position unless additional looking or retentive means are employed to hold the display member in the erected position.

Another feature of the present invention is the arrangement and construction of the container so that a pair of containers can be packed together as sections to form a single package. The construction of the improved container lends itself to such duplex packing, which packing is of particular advantage in suchcases where it is desired to reduce the size of the container to be displayed. For example, in some trades it is an established practice to pack a certain number of articles in one package, and frequently the container thus packed is so large and bulky that it can not be conveniently displayed in $0 a limited space. By dividing the package for display only, the custom of packing for sales purposes may be adhered to, but the dealer has the advantage that he can display the package in sections.

In carrying out an embodiment of the invention, the improved container comprises a receptacle, which may be constructed in any conventional way,'so that it has an open top with front, back and side walls, and a bottom. According to this invention, the back wall is made considerably higher than the other walls, so as to provide a rigid,

elevated display card, which is permanently held in an erect position, and which forms an integral part of the, container or receptacle. The back Wall may be single and in which case it would be required to printboth sides of theblank from which the container is constructed. To save 'the cost of double printing, the back wall is extended still higher and doubled over so that the surface of the back of the wall is shown in front, thereby necessitating printing on one side only of the blank.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevationshowing two container sections positioned so that they can be brought together to form a single package, and

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the blank of which the container sections are constructed.

Referring to said drawings, the blank of which the container sections are composed, is cut in the shape and size, according to requirements. The blank is cut and scored so as to divide the blank into a number of portions as follows: a, forming the back wall of the receptacle; 6, the front wall; 0, the end or side walls; d, the folding over ortion of the back wall, and e forms the ottom of the receptacle. The blank also has side tongues 1 in pairs and folding over looking .tongues 2 at each end, and which latter tongues are slightly expanded at the ends 3 for the purpose hereinafter set forth. The front wall 7) of the receptacle is cut away at 4 so as to better expose the contents and to facilitate the packing and removal of the same.

It is a comparatively simple matter to erect the box from the blank, as designed and shown in the drawing, for it is only required to bend the portions a, b, and c at right angles. The side tongues 1 are then folded inwardly and the locking tongues 2 are folded inwardly over the. side tongues 1, and the expanded ends 3 of the locking tongues 2 will engage theerected side Walls with a binding effect, thereby retaining the receptacle in its set up condition. The extended end of the container back wall, is then doubled over and the ends 5 are also expanded so as to bind against the side walls of the receptacle. The said back wall preferably has-a cut-out portion 6 so as to increase the height of the display card without using additional stock. Furtherit will noted that only the exposed surfaces of the container are printed and which printing is represented by shading on the container and blank illustrated in the drawing.

vThe container sections are packed n the v usual way after they are erected andto form is slipped over the two container sectionswhen together, and thereby a rigid and firm a shilpping package is provided. 3

- iclairh- L v -f 1. A container for merchandise composed of a, pail-of separate packing units, each unit-'lnwin front, side and back walls, said units lo'thaving an open top, the back wallof one unit extending above said side walls and arran ed-to stand constantly 'in-a relatively upright position, means for uniting? said units to form a single package and when so united said units lying with theopcn-tops thereof together and said extended back of oneunit overlappin the other unit.

I 2. A packing an display container for of April, 1927.

merchandise composed of a pair of separate units, each unit having an open top, side walls, a back wall, a front wall with an opening therein, the backwalls of'both units extending above the side walls and arranged to stand constantly in a relatively upright position, means 'for uniting said units to *form asingle package and when so united said extended back wallof one unit operating as a cover for the open front wall of the other unit.

3. A packing and display container for merchandise composed of a plurality of com? panion units, each unit having an open top,

side walls,a back wall and a front wall with an openinitherein, a display card extending Y from the ack wall of one unit, and said card being arranged to stand constantly in a relatively upright position, means for unit ing said units to form a single package and when so united said displa card covering the opening in the front wal of a companion unit.

Signed at New Haven, county of New Haven,'-State of Connecticut, this 29th day ARNOLD J. TANNER. 

